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View Poll Results: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

Re: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

Originally Posted by TheGirlNextDoor

Why? Then you could be like me and wind up having to pay. Big myth that people with kids get an assload of money. I'm a single mom with two kids who reside with me full time and I have to pay. I could see it if I was a doctor or something that made a boatload of money... but I don't.

Someone in this thread said they were getting a refund of four grand? How the hell? I have the MAXIMUM taken out and claim NO dependants so they take a sizable chunk out of each check... and I still have to pay? WTF is up with that. Maybe it's because my state is so ****ed up.

I'm not sure why my return was so big this year. I have a tax preparer and leave it up to her. I claim minimal deductions in order to avoid having to pay. I did well last year in my paid job, and had a setback with a real estate contract I had, where I was forced to repossess and incur legal fees. As I say, I leave it up to my tax person. I was surprised at this windfall.

Re: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

Originally Posted by TheGirlNextDoor

Why? Then you could be like me and wind up having to pay. Big myth that people with kids get an assload of money. I'm a single mom with two kids who reside with me full time and I have to pay. I could see it if I was a doctor or something that made a boatload of money... but I don't.

Someone in this thread said they were getting a refund of four grand? How the hell? I have the MAXIMUM taken out and claim NO dependants so they take a sizable chunk out of each check... and I still have to pay? WTF is up with that. Maybe it's because my state is so ****ed up.

You so don't want to know how much a lot of other people are getting.
I didn't say getting back but just straight up getting.

Do you do your own taxes or do you use software/account/etc?

Edit: Looking now you said you had to pay state, which makes sense.
States ,generally , have a lower tax threshold than the feds do.
It's based on local cost of living etc, 95% of the refunds people are getting are from the feds.

Last edited by Harry Guerrilla; 04-17-10 at 02:22 AM.

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Re: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

We got a refund from the Fed for over $5K (I'm not going to provide the actual amount), and are expecting $1K from state. This is a good thing for us because now we don't have to worry about money while my husband is gone to training for rent and other bills. Sometimes it takes time for the military to start paying recruits. And I don't really work, although I am doing my Annual Training for the reserves while he is gone, so it will help too. Now we can pay off those we owe, and help out our family a little too.

"A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Re: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

Originally Posted by TheGirlNextDoor

They were waiting on the money I had to send them, to pay some other poor fool. Last I heard, they were 'delaying' some refunds. I fully suspect I wasn't the only poor slob that suddenly "owed" State this year. I don't make ****.. I really don't.

Re: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

Originally Posted by TheGirlNextDoor

They were waiting on the money I had to send them, to pay some other poor fool. Last I heard, they were 'delaying' some refunds. I fully suspect I wasn't the only poor slob that suddenly "owed" State this year. I don't make ****.. I really don't.

Any thoughts on moving? I bet you could get a job any where. I would not want to live some place I didn't love and get taxed up the wazoo to be there. We pay high taxes here, but [insert snobby nose in the air here] it's freaking New England. It's worth every cent.

Re: How much is your tax return? (or how much do you owe?)

I paid like $20k in taxes in 2008 and got about $600 back. **** you guys and your big ole tax returns. **** you straight to hell.

Some people are getting around 5 figures, that is not with itemization.

It's pretty crazy.

I was discovering that life just simply isn't fair and bask in the unsung glory of knowing that each obstacle overcome along the way only adds to the satisfaction in the end. Nothing great, after all, was ever accomplished by anyone sulking in his or her misery.
—Adam Shepard